On 3 May 2005 at 11:06, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > It's funny. All these exotic and convenient features mean so much to so > many ... yet so many of my favorite pictures for most of the past 40 > years were made with cameras that had nothing but focus, aperture and > shutter speed settings, and simple or no built-in meters. > > Most of what I like about the DS, aside from it's nice size and access > to good lenses, is that for the most part I can set the camera up just > one way and then use aperture, shutter speed and focus to make my > photographs. It returns photography back to what I always loved about > shooting with my old Nikon FM/FE2 and Leica M4-P. The rest is just > convenience and icing on the cake. ;-)
I guess that the fact that the new DSLRs aren't at all operationally like the old film cameras you cite and that many DSLR owners were brought up on makes convenience features and their ease of access important. And all the more important when there is only one control wheel to adjust even the basic shooting parameters/functions. Most old cameras were easy to use, they had an aperture ring on the lens and a shutter speed dial on the body which were both easy to access and control at all times. This is what is appealing to me about the RD-1, it's just a pity that it's somewhat over-priced for it's spec. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
